This photo shows a serving of Luosifen noodles cooked by Li Yuanlong, an inheritor of Luosifen making technique, in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 12, 2024.

Luosifen, a noodle dish known for its pungent smell, is a signature street food in Liuzhou City. It features rice vermicelli soaked in a spicy broth nicely flavored by river snails and topped with ingredients such as pickled bamboo shoots, string beans, peanuts and fried tofu skin.

Liuzhou, traditionally an industrial city best known for its steel and automobile manufacturing, started to produce pre-packaged Luosifen in 2014. Thanks to large-scale marketing and e-commerce, the delicacy has created a huge industrial chain and exports of pre-package Luosifen has registered remarkable sales volume in recent years.

Official data shows the sales revenue of entities involved in Luosifen business in Liuzhou exceeded 54.5 billion yuan (about 7.48 billion U.S. dollars) from January to September this year, up 12.08 percent year on year. In the meantime, the export of Luosifen brought in a revenue of 63.287 million yuan to the city, up 2.9 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

Li Yuanlong, an inheritor of Luosifen making technique, prepares a serving of Luosifen noodles in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

Chen Wei, an inheritor of Luosifen making technique, serves Luosifen noodles to a customer at his restaurant in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

A worker airs cooked rice noodles on the rack at a Luosifen production company in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

A worker processes pickled string beans at an industrial park in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

Chen Wei, an inheritor of Luosifen making technique, promotes pickled bamboo shoots via social media in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

A worker checks rice noodles in production at a Luosifen production company in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

Workers are busy at the production line for Luosifen noodles at an industrial park in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

This combo photo shows the Luosifen noodle cooking process by Li Yuanlong, an inheritor of Luosifen making technique in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

Workers pack Luosifen noodles at the production line at an industrial park in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

A worker puts cooked rice noodles into a refrigerating chamber at a Luosifen production company in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

Chen Wei (R), an inheritor of Luosifen making technique, checks the fermentation status of a sample of pickled bamboo shoots in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

A staff member sells pre-package Luosifen via livestream at an industrial park in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

People enjoy Luosifen noodles at a street stall in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

Workers pack Luosifen noodles at the production line at an industrial park in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

A staff member promotes pre-package Luosifen at a shop in Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)